[Fraudste]r Fake currency dealer arrested by Lagos police
A fake currency dealer, Hyacinth Nwogu has been arrested by the Lagos State Police for allegedly defrauding a business woman of the sum of N1.99 million.
He was nabbed
following a report made by the victim, 28-year-old Helen Olajide who
paid sum in favour of some goods the suspect promised to deliver to her.
Giving an account of her experience with the suspect, Olajide said:
“I
was standing at the bus stop waiting for a cab when their vehicle came
close to me and they claimed that they knew me and that they were my
customers. They told me they have a business for me and being a
businesswoman, I decided to go with them.
“One
of them was speaking French and they claimed that they were importers
and had a container loaded with computers, clothes, babies wears and
other items in the warehouse. I picked interest on some of the items and
wrote them down. They made me sign an agreement to pay money that they
would go to Customs quarters and clear the goods.
“At
the house, they collected my ATM card and went to the bank and withdrew
N150,000. The next payment I made was N900,000 cash on August 26, which
I gave them at Ikeja. Then, they gave me a Fidelity Bank account number
belonging to Chukwuma Eke Linda where I paid the other money. In all, I
paid N1.992million. It was after paying that I asked myself what was
happening. That I have been paying money into a particular account and I
haven’t seen the goods.
“Then, I called
them to come and sign an agreement with my lawyer but they switched off
their phones and started avoiding me. That was when I knew I have been
duped. So, I reported to the police.
“They
didn’t show me anything about money and they didn’t tell me they wash
money. Why would I fall for that if they told me? Are they Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN)? What they told me was that they would supply me with
goods.”
In his response, Nwogu said that he was once a victim of such fraudulent act which led him to lose the sum of N1.2 million.
SP Dolap Badmos has disclosed that the suspect will be charged to court once his accomplices have been found.
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